#wolfishwords

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The Sandman is the best newly released show I've seen this year. I'm not sure anything as far as I know will top it for me. Maybe it's even the best among all the shows I've watched this year, new or not. Yeah, I'm pretty sure it is. Bloody brilliant! That bonus episode was just the icing on the cake. I'm excited for the next season.

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I enjoyed Kevin Alejandro's rendition of "Hell" the most among the musical numbers on episode 10. I can't stop watching it. So freaking good.

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Dream being constantly on the brink of tears, almost constantly crying is such a mood.

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I watched Sense and Sensibility for the first time today and wow, I'm at the age at which I totally swoon over Alan Rickman as Colonel Brandon. Like I totally understand why Marianne didn't at first (the age gap between the characters, naturally, wouldn't be acceptable by today standards and rightfully so. Plus she was genuinely infatuated with Willoughby), but at my age, 29, booooy. He was the best guy in that movie.

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I liked the conclusion of Lucifer. I'm especially happy for Dan and Maze because they sure as hell deserved it.

As for Chloe and Lucifer, it goes beyond bittersweet, for sure. Frankly speaking though, ever since season one, I had a gut feeling that Lucifer would end up taking charge of hell again. I couldn't picture Chloe and Lucifer living as a happily married couple on Earth - maybe Lucifer even being a mortal. But so was Lucifer becoming god for what it's worth. I didn't expect Rory and time traveling at all though and I'm not going to get into if they had to go about it that way.

And yes, free choice was a major and important topic on the show for Lucifer. But so was taking responsibility and putting others first, at least occasionally. Based on my observation.

Someone had to take that responsibility and considering who Lucifer has become, it is reassuring to know that he is the one. Leaving hell without a capable person in charge is not an option, otherwise a lesser person uses it to cause havoc. There is a discussion to be had whether all people in hell deserve to be relieved of their guilt (a concept that has its holes to begin with) and whether its true that if this particular devil can become a better person, everyone can. Since I find it hard to believe that Lucifer committed every crime hell has to offer. But I'll leave that be. At the end, even though it is certainly not easy for Lucifer, it warms my heart that he uses what he learned on Earth to make a change. And yes, there is an argument to be made that it is unfair that Lucifer ends up at the place he ran away from and didn't want to go back to, that Lucifer lost, basically. But I don't think that's entirely true.

All that said, it doesn't mean it isn't sad to me Lucifer was seperated from his family and friends. We know Chloe eventually joins him in hell, but it's unclear if sometime in the future Rory can meet and reconcile with her father without disrupting that time travel thing. Or everyone else for that matter.

Anyway, in my opinion, there is room for endings like these, even if they hurt. It felt natural to me.

Thinking back, I was less than impressed with season one and had decided that Lucifer wasn't for me. I'm glad I gave it another shot on a whim because now it feels like something special to me. It isn't the best, there are things I'd like to have seen, explored more or things I think could be improved. But most importantly: The characters really grew on me. I liked them, even when they made grave mistakes or bad decision. The main ones are all just very endearing to me, you know which I mean, I don't have to name them all.

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I just randomly remembered the episode with the frog lady, and how fucked up it was that Grogu continued to eat her babies and Din telling him staaahp it. 😳 I love him to bits, and I know he looooves to eat frogs, but...

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Felt cute. Might tell the gods to fuck off today. / Me and the gang being blasphemous uwu.

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I didn’t check on it again because I was sure we’d have to wait for season 3 for a long while. But now I’m shocked to find out they axed The OA. What the hell! I waited 2 years for the second season, constantly anxious it was going to be cancelled then season 2 arrives and I hoped. It really pisses me off! I loved that show! And I know just because I loved something doesn’t mean it was excellent or deserved a continuation, but still.

I’m sure everyone knows that feeling. It’s just frustrating to get invested in something to have it ripped away. One of the reason’s I usually stick with finished shows nowadays. Ugh.

It’s especially taxing when you see what the hell gets a renewal every single time. But I suppose the fan’s of those shows, too, have a series they can’t believe gets renewed all the time.

I mean, season 2 started out really slow, but the last bits showed great potential and I can’t seem to find a page clearly saying why they cancelled it. I assume it was money, or maybe they weren’t on board with what was going to happen in the future.